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Posted
1 hour ago, tiburcio said:

z. nesophila, unfurling colors

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I love these Zamia s;pecies with the ridging on the leaflets!  Wish I could grow them but they all seem to dislike our cool damp winters.  There are a few Zamia's we can grow and I guess it has been a while since I've tried some of these wider leaf with ridges varieties, so I should probably give it another go.  Very nice specimen!

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Posted
14 minutes ago, Tracy said:

I love these Zamia s;pecies with the ridging on the leaflets!  Wish I could grow them but they all seem to dislike our cool damp winters.  There are a few Zamia's we can grow and I guess it has been a while since I've tried some of these wider leaf with ridges varieties, so I should probably give it another go.  Very nice specimen!

perhaps a little enclosure during the wet months? and then remove it and voila, ridged zamia in leucadia.

 

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Here’s a pic of what I believe is Encephalartos Arenarius Blue form just hardening off from a complete flush. Any different ideas on the ID would be great.
 

This was just thrown in the ground about 3 months ago after being part of the pot army for nearly a year. The first flush had 4 fronds and this one had an impressive 8 so it seems happy. Caudex is approx 3-4”. 
 

-dale 

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Posted
10 hours ago, Billeb said:

Here’s a pic of what I believe is Encephalartos Arenarius Blue form just hardening off from a complete flush. Any different ideas on the ID would be great.
 

This was just thrown in the ground about 3 months ago after being part of the pot army for nearly a year. The first flush had 4 fronds and this one had an impressive 8 so it seems happy. Caudex is approx 3-4”. 
 

-dale 

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Definitely a lot of Encephalartos arenarius.   Either a blue form or maybe a hybrid giving it the blue, but leaf structure leaning to the arenarius side.  The cone color will likely confirm which it is.

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Whenever I come back to this thread and see the initial photo I opened it with, I can't help comparing to what the view looks like now.   Due to the growth of plants in the foreground it is hard to duplicate the photo, but I was out in the garden this afternoon and did my best, minus my son and the dogs.  That little Dypsis bef has grown but still competes for sunlight with the Encephalartlos horridus x woodii.  The Cycad  has grown a bit too, as well as the Kentiopsis (Chambeyronia) oliviformis, which is just a trunk in the photo now..

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@Billeb Nice looking plant! I agree with Tracy that blue arenarius is the likely ID, but everything goes out the window if/when people hybidize!


I saw your photos and I figured I share some photos of my similarly sized blue arenarius. These are two different angles of two different plants. Both came from Kevin Weaver. Maybe this will be helpful. 
 

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Posted
2 hours ago, msporty said:

@Billeb Nice looking plant! I agree with Tracy that blue arenarius is the likely ID, but everything goes out the window if/when people hybidize!


I saw your photos and I figured I share some photos of my similarly sized blue arenarius. These are two different angles of two different plants. Both came from Kevin Weaver. Maybe this will be helpful. 
 

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Definite similarities. I think you both are correct and it is indeed Arenarius. I’m stoked with the growth rate and shape it’s beginning to take on. Yours look sweet. Thanks for the pics. 
 

-dale 

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A low hanging leaf on my Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus came off a couple of weeks ago, opening up a different perspective on some of my cycads and this one in particular.  Its always in the rotation for one of my favorites, but with the changed perspective on it, it definitely is one that I'm pulled to look at lately.

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Posted
3 hours ago, Tracy said:

A low hanging leaf on my Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus came off a couple of weeks ago, opening up a different perspective on some of my cycads and this one in particular.  Its always in the rotation for one of my favorites, but with the changed perspective on it, it definitely is one that I'm pulled to look at lately

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This is definitely one of my favorites in your garden also. Pictures look pretty good but it’s much more impressive in person. 
 

-dale

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This one is pretty cool as well. 

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This Encephalartos (hybrid?) always becomes my favorite when it throws out its red tinted flushes.

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18n. Hot, humid and salty coastal conditions.

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My current favorite Zamia. It just always looks nice and is pretty easy to maintain.

Zamia stevensonii

 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Brian said:

This Encephalartos (hybrid?) always becomes my favorite when it throws out its red tinted flushes.

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I don't think it's a hybrid, but rather a Cigar form of ferox.

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Posted
24 minutes ago, GeneAZ said:

I don't think it's a hybrid, but rather a Cigar form of ferox.

 

4 hours ago, Brian said:

This Encephalartos (hybrid?) always becomes my favorite when it throws out its red tinted flushes

Brian, just to follow up on Gene's suggestion that it is the Cigar form of Encephalartos ferox, has it coned yet, and if so what color was the cone?  That would likely confirm Gene's assessment if it matches classic ferox red cones.

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Posted
17 hours ago, DippyD said:

This one is pretty cool as well. 

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This looks a lot like what I got as either Encephalartos "vumba".  Hard to tell in this photo, but do the leaves have a goblet type growth where the lower portion comes out more from the caudex and then pulls inward as it gets a little further up the leaf?

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Posted
17 hours ago, DippyD said:

This one is neat! 

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I should recognize it by the leaflet attachment and insertion with all that fuzz, but I"m stumped.  More clues?  Love the look of it too!

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Posted
5 hours ago, GeneAZ said:

I don't think it's a hybrid, but rather a Cigar form of ferox.

Thanks for the ID Gene. I always wondered if it was a cigar form of ferox but I had never seen another one and it just looks so much different then my other ferox. 

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Posted
4 hours ago, Tracy said:

 

Brian, just to follow up on Gene's suggestion that it is the Cigar form of Encephalartos ferox, has it coned yet, and if so what color was the cone?  That would likely confirm Gene's assessment if it matches classic ferox red cones.

No cone yet Tracy but once it does Ill look out for the red cone, thanks.

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Posted
7 hours ago, Tracy said:

I should recognize it by the leaflet attachment and insertion with all that fuzz, but I"m stumped.  More clues?  Love the look of it too!

It’ll prob turn extremely blue here in its near future. Prob one of the more sought after plants around…

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Posted
8 hours ago, DippyD said:

It’ll prob turn extremely blue here in its near future. Prob one of the more sought after plants around…

My suspicion confirmed.   Its a beauty!  I am certain it will bring joy whenever you walk by it and insist you linger in admiration for a while. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Tracy said:

My suspicion confirmed.   Its a beauty!  I am certain it will bring joy whenever you walk by it and insist you linger in admiration for a while. 

No hybrid vigor here though! Lot of amazing cycads being made! I have some seedlings I’ve been growing up of longi x natwood and longi x horwood and they both look promising as only 3-4 leafers! Obviously anything with latifrons in it is highly attractive as well! 
 

juat exciting when it does something! 😂

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Posted
On 12/29/2022 at 11:58 PM, DippyD said:

This one is neat! 

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I see decurrent leaf bases !!!!

Congratulations, I know you've been on the hunt for quite a while !!!

 

Posted
18 hours ago, Brian said:

Thanks for the ID Gene. I always wondered if it was a cigar form of ferox but I had never seen another one and it just looks so much different then my other ferox. 

Even these "Cigar" ferox have some variation on the leaf widths and spines.  Some wider, some narrower like yours.

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Posted
7 hours ago, GeneAZ said:

I see decurrent leaf bases !!!!

Congratulations, I know you've been on the hunt for quite a while !!!

 

And still searching for more 😂 the sickness is strong! 

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Posted
16 minutes ago, DippyD said:

And still searching for more 😂 the sickness is strong! 

I think once bitten the sickness never goes away.  

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Posted
On 12/29/2022 at 10:58 PM, DippyD said:

This one is neat! 

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On 12/31/2022 at 7:42 AM, Tracy said:

My suspicion confirmed.   Its a beauty!  I am certain it will bring joy whenever you walk by it and insist you linger in admiration for a while. 

So…….what are we looking at here? 
 

9 hours ago, DippyD said:

And still searching for more 😂 the sickness is strong! 

 

9 hours ago, Tracy said:

I think once bitten the sickness never goes away.  

ain’t that the truth. 
 

-dale 

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Happy new years everybody! Big flusheds and many cones! 

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Posted
On 1/1/2023 at 9:33 AM, DippyD said:

Happy new years everybody! Big flushes and many cones! 

.... and the same wishes back to you!

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Picked up this jewel yesterday and potted it up to its forever home (at least for awhile! 😉).  It’s even got a couple pups that are throwing fronds already. Guesses anyone?
 

As always, can for scale. 
 

-dale 

 

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Posted
37 minutes ago, Billeb said:

Guesses anyone?

 Nice Encephalartos eugene-maraisii Dale!  I was about to post an Encephalartos arenarius that was looking nice in the afternoon light.  I was going to also post a photo of it from when it was in a pot before I put it in the ground.  Ironically, the photo from January 2010, has a Encephalartos eugene-maraisii in the background, the same one you saw coning.   They are a pretty fast species.  On to the photos I was going to post, the entire plant, the caudex, leaf detail and finally the 2010 potted size.

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7 minutes ago, Tracy said:

, the photo from January 2010, has a Encephalartos eugene-maraisii in the background

Oops... wrong ID in that photo, that was my Encephalartos princeps in the background.  Here is the baby E eugene-maraisii for comparison Dale.

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Posted
13 minutes ago, Tracy said:

 Nice Encephalartos eugene-maraisii Dale!  I was about to post an Encephalartos arenarius that was looking nice in the afternoon light. M

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Correct!! Pretty excited about this one. 
 

Every time I see that Arenarius, it scares me. I’ve got one that seems to love where it’s at and doesn’t have as much room as you’ve given yours. 😬

 

7 minutes ago, Tracy said:

…..Here is the baby E eugene-maraisii for comparison Dale.

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Yup, that’s it. 
 

-dale 

Posted
17 minutes ago, Billeb said:

Correct!! Pretty excited about this one. 
 

Every time I see that Arenarius, it scares me. I’ve got one that seems to love where it’s at and doesn’t have as much room as you’ve given yours. 😬

 

Yup, that’s it. 
 

-dale 

You may be ok with your Encephalartos arenarius where it is.  There is some variation in length of leaves and this one is growing in a pretty shaded spot under a small guava tree, with banana plants both east and south of it, a Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos south and overshadowing it, and the big Encephalartos laurentianus casting its shadow from the west.

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First set of “double” Eugene’s have already crumbled these have now done the same. Couple other goods waiting for spring! 

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The seller had no place with enough sun, so the fronds became overlong.

I hoped it would be a real doublehead,  and to my surprise after a clean-up 34 offshoots surfaced.

The biggest had already an offshoot by himself. I broke him off, because there was no place in the pot and potted him separate.

I liked the new flush and to preserve the fronds, I placed it on my dining table with nearly no sunlight.

To my surprise came the next year a new flush without browning of the old.

 

 

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On 1/13/2023 at 4:02 PM, Billeb said:

Picked up this jewel yesterday and potted it up to its forever home (at least for awhile! 😉).  It’s even got a couple pups that are throwing fronds already. Guesses anyone?
 

As always, can for scale. 
 

-dale 

 

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Awesome plant dale! Transvals tend to not enjoy pots but every once in a blue moon they do just fine. Keep an eye on it and if it starts to descend consider a spot in the ground for it. Not sure if it’s a stretch your legs thing or what! I hope you prove me wrong! 

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33 minutes ago, DippyD said:

Awesome plant dale! Transvals tend to not enjoy pots but every once in a blue moon they do just fine. Keep an eye on it and if it starts to descend consider a spot in the ground for it. Not sure if it’s a stretch your legs thing or what! I hope you prove me wrong! 

Oh man….I better just find a place for it now! I don’t like the sound of this thing descending. Makes me worried. I have a very rough idea for changing some backyard planters. Maybe I can throw it in the ground there. I’d assume, as much sun as I can give it, super well drained medium, marginal irrigation?
 

Thanks for the advice

-dale 

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On 1/15/2023 at 9:23 AM, DippyD said:

Awesome plant dale! Transvals tend to not enjoy pots but every once in a blue moon they do just fine. Keep an eye on it and if it starts to descend consider a spot in the ground for it. Not sure if it’s a stretch your legs thing or what! I hope you prove me wrong! 

Interesting I didn't know that, but I did get mine into the ground smaller than Dale's.  Some of mine had to wait a few years, but they were things I got as either bands or slightly bigger, so were still smaller by the time they got planted than Dale's.  Didn't lose any except the one I stepped on several times accidentally when it was small and that was after planting.... ooops!  Definitely helpful information to know.

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